Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants

MHR	Low-level group	Middle-level group	High-level group	P-value
Number	214	216	216
AGE (years, mean ± SD)	49.40 ± 11.11	49.81 ± 10.90	48.70 ± 11.47	0.579
LDL-C (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	2.72 ± 0.70	2.86 ± 0.71	2.80 ± 0.68	0.115
TC (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	4.92 ± 0.90	4.88 ± 0.90	4.71 ± 0.86	0.044
ALT (U/L, mean ± SD)	18.66 ± 10.17	23.77 ± 16.71	30.28 ± 18.17	< 0.001
AST (U/L, mean ± SD)	22.26 ± 6.55	23.63 ± 9.57	25.22 ± 8.77	0.001
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)	22.19 ± 2.84	23.77 ± 3.14	25.60 ± 3.03	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg, mean ± SD)	119.64 ± 16.25	122.72 ± 15.51	127.55 ± 16.39	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg, mean ± SD)	71.01 ± 10.87	74.47 ± 10.67	78.00 ± 11.43	< 0.001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L, mean ± SD)	4.87 ± 0.58	5.09 ± 0.80	5.25 ± 1.22	< 0.001
Uric acid (umol/L, mean ± SD)	310.88 ± 72.25	360.71 ± 88.72	404.25 ± 94.84	< 0.001
SEX (n,%)				< 0.001
Male	64 (29.91%)	127 (58.80%)	178 (82.41%)
Female	150 (70.09%)	89 (41.20%)	38 (17.59%)
Smoking status (n,%)				< 0.001
Nonsmokers	194 (90.65%)	154 (71.63%)	114 (52.78%)
Occasional smoking	7 (3.27%)	16 (7.44%)	14 (6.48%)
Smokers	13 (6.01%)	45 (20.93%)	88 (40.74%)
Drinking state (n,%)				< 0.001
Nondrinkers	151 (70.56%)	113 (525.6%)	84 (38.89%)
Occasional drinking	44 (20.56%)	62 (28.84%)	79 (36.57%)
Drinkers	19 (8.88%)	40 (18.60%)	53 (24.54%)
Exercise status (n,%)				0.229
Low-intensity group	171 (79.91%)	172 (79.63%)	157 (72.69%)
Medium-intensity group	29 (13.55%)	25 (11.57%)	33 (15.28%)
High-intensity group	14 (6.54%)	19 (8.80%)	26 (12.04%)

LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC total cholesterol, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate transaminase, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure

P < 0.05